The Witch and the Chameleon

The Witch and the Chameleon was a science fiction fanzine edited by Amanda Bankier.

Published in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, the first issue appeared in 1974. Five issues were released until the last one, which was a double issue, appeared in 1976. It has been credited as being the first feminist science fiction fanzine.

According to the book Gateways to Forever: the story of the science-fiction magazines from 1970 to 1980 by Mike Ashley;

"In preparing the magazine, Bankier had placed an advert in the Worldcon Progress Report, which yielded several responses. The first was from Vonda McIntyre who became a regular contributor and whose voice set the tone for the magazine. Among her contributions was a fascinating analysis of a year's worth of short fiction. 'About 2, 675,250 words' (#3, April 1975), which showed how long it was taking for sttitudes to change amongst most of the male writers in the sf magazines."